Tie-holding device.



L. H. MARTIN. TIE HOLDING DEVICE. APPLICATIQN FILED Jun: 5, m5.

1,209,001. Patented Dec.19,1916.

WITNESSES:

LAURIN H. MARTIN, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

TIE-HOLDIN G DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed .Tune 5, 1915. Serial N 0. 32,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, LAURIN H. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of .Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to devices for holding in place certain articles of apparel. It is particularly intended for holding in place scarfs or ties of what is popularly known as the four-in-hand type. It may also be used for holding in place ties of other types such-as the Ascot and for holding in place other articles of apparel.

It is my purpose to provide a device which will hold a'tie, of any ordinary width, in the center of the shirt front in such a manner that it cannot escape unless released by the hands. I I

My purpose is also to attach my device to another article of apparel, such as a shirt, in such a way that it canpivot around a central point, like a button hole,'and cannot be shaken out ofplace.

Other advantages of my device are that it can be readily put in ,place, its visible parts or in fact any part of it can be ornamented in any desired manner, its parts which come-in contact with'the material of the tie or of the shirt are smooth. and will not injure the fabric by rubbing. With my preferred form of device, I can hold or grasp atie of any thickness. 1

The essential features of my device area substantially straight shank preferably of round or oval cross section, at one end of which is bent a tie holding or gripping arm in such a manner that it returns proximate the shank and then preferably recedes therefrom so that the edge of the tie can be pushed between the arm and the shank without fraying. This tie gripping arm may come close enough to the shank so that the tie must be forced in against the spring of the arm, or it may be at such a distance that a thick tie will be-held in this manner and a thin tiecan be held by the-use of a locking member slidable along the shank. At the other endof the shank I use a member ormeans which can be passed through a button hole by the use of the fingers, whether the button is buttoned or not, and cannot readily escape therefrom when once in place. This member should be so arranged thatthe portion of a tie as will hold the tie in the I center to be gripped. Preferably, the device is swung around to such a position that when the edge of the tie ispushed under the gripping arm, throughthe mouth formed by it and the shank up to the bend between the arm and shank, the tie will bein the center of the shirt front. While it may swing slightly with the device, it will always tend to resume the central position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing a tiein place on, a shirtwith one form of my devicein place and with the button passed through the button hole of the shirt. Part of the tie is broken away for clearness and a second position with a narrow tie is shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation from the left of Fig. 1, the tie being omitted for the sake of clearness. Fig. 3 is an elevation of another form of my device inplace in a shirt the button of which is not passed through the button hole. The position of one edge of a tie is indicated by the dotted line. Figs. 4: and 5 are bottom views of a device like that shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4: showing how a thick tie is held and Fig. 5 showing how a thin tie is held. F i s. 6, 7, 8, and 9, are bottom views of other modifications.

A represents the shirt of which one side 20 laps over the other side 21 in a well known manner, 22 representing the ,e'dge'of the outside lap 20. v

23 is a button hole through lap 20, andQet is a button adapted to pass through it and attached to lap 21. I

B represents a collar of a well known type and 0 represents a tie of the four-in-hand type of which 30 is-the outside end and 31 is the inside end. 32 is the left edge and 33 the right edge of end, 30. 1

The-device as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, ,4; and 5 comprises .a-round shank 40 and a tie gripping arm 41. This is shown as integral with shank 40, both being made of some metal or similar material having suflicient spring to allow a slight play in tie gripping arm 41 so that it can be forced away from the shank 40. The bend between these two 'members is indicated by 42 and this'bend is preferably so made that it will give ample room for the edge 32 of the tie and se that curves arm 4-1 near its middle or end portion will approach close to shank 40 at one point and will then recede therefrom near its end 43. At the other end of shank 40 is bent in the same plane with the tie gripping arm and the shank a pivot arm-which comprises a square bend 51 and an arm portion 50. The arm portion 50 runs parallel with shank 40 whereby when it is passed through a button hole such as 23, it may pivot on the portion 51 and will not be hindered by the arm portion 50 gripping the fold of the shirt. At its free end 52, it is bent about shank 40, and preferably beyond it as shown, and preferably at its tip 53 back toward the pivot end of the shank. By this construction, the bend at the end 52 which preferably down, about and near shank as shown in Fig. 2, will act as a stop to prevent the device from slipping to the right out of button hole 23. The tip 53 completes a sort of hook Which greatly assists in keeping the device from slipping out, as this hook, when the device is in place, extends to the left and across the edge 22 of fold 20 of the shirt. The general direction of this bend of the pivot arm is in a plane at right angles with or at an acute angle with the plane which passes through the shank, the pivot arm and tie gripping arm.

In operation, the tip 53 is passed from inside out through button hole 23 until the pivot part 51 of this pivot member passes through the button hole after which the button may be buttoned as shown. The device is then. swung around to such a point that when the edge 32 of tie G is pushed under the tie gripping arm up to the bend 42, the tie will be centered. In Fig. 1 in full lines, this centering is shown with a wide tie and in the dotted lines with a narrower tie.

The bend at the free end of the pivot arm need not pass entirely around the shank 40 but should extend far enough about it to come in front of the edge of the outside lap when the device is in place.

The construction shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 is substantially the same as that in Figs. 1 and 2 except that a lock member 60 is placed upon the shank 40. This lock member 60 may be a coil of wire, as shown, which should be of such thickness that when pushed under the tie gripping arm 41, it will hold a thin tie 61 in place as shown in Fig. 5. WVhen a thick tie such as 62 is used, the lock member 60 may be pushed back out of the way and out. of use. In the construction shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 where a lock member is used, I prefer to form teeth on shank 4O proximate arm 41 to check any tendency for the lock member to slip out of place. It will be observed that as shown in Fig. 3, the button need not be buttoned and it will also be observed that the tip 53 serves as a guard to prevent the device swinging too far around as it will catch upon the edge 22 of the fold 20 of the shirt. Preferably a shoulder 46 limits the movement of lock member 60.

The construction shown in Fig. 6 has a shank 40, a lock member 60 but no teeth such as 45. As a substitute for the teeth, I may make a plurality of bends in the tie gripping arm 65. It will be observed also that the pivot arm 66, instead of turning upward in the same direction with the tie gripping arm, turns down, being substantially reversed from the first construction described. This makes it necessary to introduce its tip from the front to the back instead of from the back to the front, but its operation is otherwise the same. The bends in arm 65 are substitutes or equivalents for teeth such as 45 on the shank.

In Figs. 7 and 8, the construction is similar to Fig. 6 with shank 40 and pivot memher 66 but the tie gripping member 70 terminates in a ball 71 and the lock member 72 is also substantially a ball.

In Fig. 9, the tie gripping member 74 is similar to that shown in Fig. 4, but the shank has no teeth and the pivot arm 7 7 at the other end of the'shank, is so bent in the same plane with the tie gripping arm and shank that it returns proximate the shank and is bent sharply at 7 8 about the shank in a plane at an angle with such plane.

I claim:

1. The combination in a tie holding device, of a shank, with a spring tie gripping arm at one end thereof so bent as to return proximate the shank and at its tip to recede therefrom, a lock member slidable on the shank and adapted to engage the tie gripping arm, and a pivot arm at the other end of the shank so bent in the same plane with the tie gripping arm and shank that it returns proximate the shank and is bent at its free end in a plane at an angle with such plane about and beyond the shank and thence at its tip back toward the pivot end of the shank.

2. The combination in a tie holding de- 'vice, of a substantially straight shank, with a spring tie gripping arm at one end thereof so bent as to return proximate the shank, and a pivot arm at the other end of the shank so bent that it returns proximate the shank and is bent at its free end about the shank.

3. The combination in a tie holding device of a substantially straight shank with a spring tie gripping arm at one end thereof so bent as to return proximate the shank, teeth on said shank proximate the return portion of the arm, a lock member slidable on the shank and adapted to engage the tie gripping arm, and a pivot arm from the other end of the shank so bent that it re- 7 turns parallel With the shank and is curved adapted to pass through a button hole and 10 near its end about the shank.

4. The combination in a tie holding de Vice, of a substantially straight shank, with a spring tie gripping arm at one end thereof so bent as to return proximate the shank, a lock member slidable on the shank and adapted to engage the tie gripping arm, and a member at the other end of the shank to serve as a pivot for the device.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LAURIN MARTIN.

Witnesses:

V FISHER H. PEARSON, VERA J. QUEENAN.

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